Newsletter 660
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
[5]The Rumour Machine
Links:
5. http://b.rw/IYOMmm
Wang Hui | London Review Of Books | 3 May 2012
Fine analysis of Bo Xilai's downfall. "The important question is
whether the scandal will encourage the development of a politics of
democratic participation or merely end up reinforcing China’s practice
of ‘backroom politics’" [6]Comments
Links:
6. https://thebrowser.com/articles/rumour-machine
[7]How Economists Have Misunderstood Inequality
Links:
7. http://b.rw/Iy04AS
Brad Plumer | Washington Post | 3 May 2012
Interview with economist James Galbraith. "There are common global
patterns in economic inequality across different countries that appear
to be very strongly related to major events affecting the world economy
as a whole" [8]Comments
Links:
8. https://thebrowser.com/articles/how-economists-have-misunderstood-inequality
[9]Is Origami The Future Of Tech?
Links:
9. http://b.rw/INTy9R
Drake Bennett | Businessweek | 3 May 2012
Deep dive into the cutting-edge science of folding, and its possible
technological applications. "It’s a manufacturing strategy that we
think is going to revolutionize everything from microelectronics to toy
manufacturing" [10]Comments
Links:
10. https://thebrowser.com/articles/origami-future-tech
[11]Rediscovering Literacy
Links:
11. http://b.rw/ILDSB4
Venkatesh Rao | Ribbon Farm | 3 May 2012
Literacy used to denote "linguistic sophistication", and was a skill
that could be refined with practice. Now it simply means "reading and
writing", and is no more than a "set of mechanical tests". What will
the future hold? [12]Comments
Links:
12. https://thebrowser.com/articles/rediscovering-literacy
[13]Raise The Holy Sail
Links:
13. http://b.rw/IPvGw8
Timothy Brook | Literary Review | 4 May 2012
Most think of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama as intrepid
explorers, bold and honourable men. Few realise their real motivation
was to see a Christian reconquest of the Middle East, with all Muslims
and Jews eradicated [14]Comments
Links:
14. https://thebrowser.com/articles/raise-holy-sail
[15]Mysterious Case Of The Vanishing Genius
Links:
15. http://b.rw/J5t7KA
Mike Martin | Psychology Today | 1 May 2012
Marge Profit was a maverick thinker in evolutionary biology, possibly a
genius, but never settled down in academia. Won a MacArthur grant,
published three landmark papers while still in her thirties—and then
vanished, in 2004 [16]Comments
Links:
16. https://thebrowser.com/articles/mysterious-case-vanishing-genius
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Ma Jian on Chinese Dissident Literature
Links:
17. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/ma-jian-on-chinese-dissident-literature
Writers in China are afraid to criticise their state and society, says
the London-based author. He picks five works of Chinese literature,
from the 3rd century BC to 2008, which show how it’s done [18]Read on
Links:
18. https://thebrowser.com/interviews/ma-jian-on-chinese-dissident-literature
Featured Special Report
[19]Wine
Links:
19. https://thebrowser.com/reports/wine
From filthy plonk to first growth Bordeaux, there's something for every
palate in our cultural and historical survey of wine [20]Read on
Links:
20. https://thebrowser.com/reports/wine
Reader Recommendations
[21]rszbt Interesting! RT @[22]berfrois: China in a Very Fast
World [23]t.co/bH8Q1vSo [Archive] #[24]economics"
#[25]DanBreznitz #[26]browsings [27]More like this
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25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#DanBreznitz
26. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[28]Book of the Day
Links:
28. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/season-sinji-by-jl-carr
[29]A Season in Sinji by JL Carr
Links:
29. https://thebrowser.com/recommended/season-sinji-by-jl-carr
[30]Ed Smith says: I think the interesting thing about sport in
literature is that nearly all great books about sport aren’t really
about sport [31]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ed-smith-on-my-life-and-luck
31. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[32]Wild Ride Hits End
Links:
32. https://thebrowser.com/videos/wild-ride-hits-end
Newt Gingrich's campaign remembered, by the Huffington Post [33]More
videos
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33. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[34]Darryl Pinckney, on black history
Links:
34. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/may/24/big-changes-black-america
"Although black people are in the mainstream, black history isn’t,
because basic things about the history of being black in America
have to be explained again and again"
[35]More quotes
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35. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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